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Preface vii
Table of Contents ix
Abbreviations (Publication and Standard) xiii
Introduction 1
Description of the Problem 1
Identifying the Issues 2
Purpose of the Present Study 3
History of Interpretation 5
Source Criticism 5
Wilhem Bousset 6
R.H. Charles 9
Josephine Massyngberde-Ford 10
Ulrich B. Muller 12
David Aune 14
Mainstream Commentaries on Revelation 19
Martin Kiddle 19
Robert Mounce 22
G.B. Caird 24
John Sweet 26
Literary-Narrative Approaches to Revelation 28
David L. Barr 29
Eugene Boring 31
Leonard Thompson 34
Richard Bauckham and the 'Conversion of the Nations' 37
Method and Assumptions 44
Early Jewish Literature 50
Introduction 50
Qumran - Eschatological Dualism and the Fate of the Nations 52
Tobit 61
Introduction 61
Textual Unityand the Authenticity of Tobit 13.1-14.15 62
Literary Context and Narrative Development: An Intentional Boundary Shift? 67
Development of Biblical Traditions in Tobit 74
Summary 76
Similitudes of Enoch (1 Enoch 37-71) 78
Introduction 78
Literary Structure 80
Group Identification and the Use of Epithets 82
'The Watchers' 83
'Those who dwell on earth' 84
'Sinners' 84
'The Kings and Powerful of the Earth' 84
'Others' 85
Universal Traditions in the Similitudes 86
1 Enoch 48.4-5 87
1 Enoch 50.1-5 90
Scenes of Universal Worship 95
Summary 97
4 Ezra 98
Introduction 98
Literary Structure and Narrative Development 100
Theories Related to Theological Tension in 4 Ezra 104
Transformation as the Interpretive Key to 4 Ezra 106
Universal Traditions in 4 Ezra 108
4 Ezra 6.25-28 108
4 Ezra 11.38-12.34 111
4 Ezra 13 114
Summary 119
Animal Apocalypse (1 Enoch 85-90) 120
Introduction 120
Narrative Development in the Animal Apocalypse 122
The Role of the Gentile Nations in 1 Enoch 90.16-38 130
Summary 135
Synthesis 136
Preliminary Matters in the Book of Revelation 138
Introduction 138
Critique of Bauckham's Thesis 139
The Question of Genre 145
Structural Analysis of Revelation 147
Narrative Development in Revelation 154
The First Series of Visions (1.9-3.22) 155
The Second Series of Visions (4.1-16.21) 158
The Third Series of Visions (17.1-21.8) 161
The Fourth Series of Visions (21.9-22.5) 166
Universal Traditions in the Book of Revelation 169
Introduction 169
The Contextual Matrix for the Present Study 169
Organization and Interpretive Aims 170
The Nations/Gentiles ([characters not reproducible]) 172
Introduction 172
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The Four-fold Formula in Revelation 173
Literary-Narrative Function of [characters not reproducible] in Revelation 174
[characters not reproducible] as a Neutrally Collective Term 175
[characters not reproducible] and the Faithful Community 176
[characters not reproducible] as Humanity set against God 178
Psalm 2 as an Interpretive Template in Revelation 178
[characters not reproducible] in Scenes of Eschatological Vindication 181
'The Inhabitants of the Earth' 185
Introduction 185
'The Inhabitants of the Earth' in Biblical Traditions 186
Literary-Narrative Function of 'the Inhabitants of the Earth' 187
Related Terms and Group Labels in Revelation 189
Introduction 189
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'The Kings of the Earth' 197
Introduction 197
'The Kings of the Earth' in Biblical Traditions 200
Apocalyptic Convention and Political Polemic 205
Linguistic Field of Reference 206
Literary-Narrative Function of 'the Kings of the Earth' 207
Rev 1.5 208
Rev 6.15-17 217
Rev 10.11 224
Rev 16.14-21 225
Rev 17.1-19.21 227
Rev 21.24-26 241
Isaiah 60 in Two Early Jewish Documents 246
Summary 253
Synthesis and Conclusions 257
Review of Stated Aims 257
Observations on Early Jewish Literature 258
Observations on the Book of Revelation 259
Outlook and Prospects for Further Research 260
Bibliography 262
Index of Authors 273
Index of Topics 276
Index of References 279
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